Prada Marfa‘s somewhat infamous reputation remains firmly intact. The faux boutique, which last fall faced a legal foe in the form of the Texas Department of Transportation, was defaced on Sunday morning by a vandal calling himself TOMS Marfa. The building’s facade was stickered with the socially conscious espadrille titan’s logo, and spray-painted in TOMS’ signature powder blue hue. Seemingly worded for maximum provocation, a manifesto left on-site offered up the following: “TOMS Marfa will bring greater inspiration to consumer Americans to give all they have to developing nations that suffer disease, starvation, and corruption. So long as you buy TOMS shoes, and endorse Jesus Christ as your savior, welcoming the ‘white’ him into your heart. So help you God, otherwise you’re damned to hell.” Guerrilla philanthropy, performance art, or fanatical vandalism? Only time will tell.
